COLUMBUS, Ga. - The seventh-ranked Lander men's tennis team upset previously unbeaten Columbus State, 5-4, Monday afternoon in a Peach Belt Conference match at the Blackmon Tennis Center.
Lander improves to 6-2 overall and remains unbeaten in the PBC at 4-0. The Cougars drops to 8-1, 4-1.
In singles, No. 1 Oussama Zoghlami (C) def. Marc Hofer (L) 6-2, 6-3; No. 2 Adi Malicbegovic (C) def. Benjamin Salle (L) 6-3, 6-4; No. 3 Loic Minery (L) def. Benedikt Wilde (C) 6-2, 6-3; No. 4 Thibaut Leoussoff (L) def. Marco Almorin (C) 6-0, 6-1; No. 5 Adam Jonsson (L) def. Jorge Vargas (C) 7-6, 6-1; and No. 6 Maciej Kierkus (C) def. Samuel Poutignat (L) 6-2, 3-6, 10-8.
In doubles, No. 1 Adam Jonsson/Loic Minery (L) def. Marco Almorin/Adi Malicbegovic (C) 8-6; No. 2 Benedikt Wilde/Maciej Kierkus (C) def. Marc Hofer/Thibaut Leoussoff (L) 8-5; and No. 3 Benjamin Salle/Samuel Poutignat (L) def. Oussama Zoghlami/Jorge Vargas (C) 9-8.